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SUNDAY DRIVE: ALAMEDA CREEK, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/8/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/08/SPNJ1AFDFP.DTL 

Chevron land donation closes Bay Trail gap, CC Times, 11/3/09
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13705512 

Bay Area sites opening on weekends, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/29/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/29/SPSP1ABI0V.DTL

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, Berkeley, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/29/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/28/NSMQ1A5QU6.DTL&type=travel
Urban Outings series.

Off duty San Ramon firefighter saves jogger's life, Danville Weekly, 10/27/09
http://www.danvilleweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=2235 

East Bay Parks buys ranch near Pleasanton, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/22/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/22/SPV91A8IQ7.DTL&type=living

The KTVU news clip cover 100K Acres is now on our website here: http://www.ebparks.org/node/1217

National award for Alamedan Doug Siden, Alameda Journal, 10/22/09
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_13619397 

East Bay Parks buys ranch near Pleasanton, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/22/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/22/SPV91A8IQ7.DTL&type=living

Making apple cider: at Ardenwood Historic Farm, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/22/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/21/NSMQ1A5N89.DTL

East Bay Parks to reach 100,000-acre mark, CC Times, 10/19/09
Front page Contra Costa Times article by Denis Cuff.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_13585246

Go Take a Hike! On the Trail with Companion Dog Patrol
Fetch, October 2009
http://www.fetchthepaper.com/articles.aspx?gi_id=2980  

It's time for Cowboy Culture Extravaganza, Tri-City Voice, 10/14/09
Easy to read version:
http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2009-10-14&file=story2.txt
Print edition with color photo:
http://www.tricityvoice.com/displayPages.php?issue=2009-10-14&page=1 

Community links nature enthusiasts, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/8/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/08/SPOK19VPKM.DTL
Tom Stienstra highlights new website launched by the North Face outdoor gear company. See planetexplore.com. Park district events coming online soon! 

Taylor Family Foundation unveils new chalk garden
Concrete area installed in addition to new play apparatus that's wheelchair accessible
Pleasanton Weekly, 10/8/09
http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=2341

New shoreline camp boosts Bay Water Trail, CC times, 10/7/09
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_13499553

Deal provides safety net for monarch butterflies, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/1/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/01/BAD819V4AJ.DTL

Ardenwood Harvest Festival, Tri-City Voice, 10/7/09
http://www.tricityvoice.com/displayPages.php?issue=2009-10-07&page=1

Park It: Now is the time to hike East County parks, CC Times, 10/7/09
http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_13485112
Ned MacKay's regular column.

New shoreline camp boosts Bay Water Trail, CC times, 10/7/09
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_13499553

Bay Nature magazine organized a photo contest in honor of the District's 75th anniversary. The winning images are featured in the print edition and online as well. We were familiar with several of the winners who are also members of the District's Flickr photo group and have donated use of images to the District for use in Regional in Nature, map brochures and other publications. Grand prize winner Jerry Ting's photographs are included in the display in the Board room (behind the directors).
Photo contest: http://www.baynature.org/photocontest
Article about the District: http://baynature.org/articles/oct-dec-2009/the-lungs-of-the-city

Guests learn Ohlone Indian culture at annual East Bay gathering, The Argus (BANG papers), 10/5/09
http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_13484685